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(No Model.)

H. W. ALSHOUSE.

GATE.

' Pa tentedApr. 3', 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT r'rrcn.

HENRY YVALDO ALSHOUSE, OF (DUSTER, INDIANA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No- 380,306, dated April 3, 1888.

Application filed December 19, 1887. Serial No. 258,356. (No modeld To all whom it may concern: j, secured to the top rail of the gate, and 9. Be it known that I, HENRY WALDO ALshandle, J, is attached to the depending end of HOUSE,21. citizen of the United States, residing said cord.

at Custer, in the county of De Kalb and State K is a strong hinge composed of the thick of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Implates 70 and k, the former of which is securely 55 provenient in Gates, of which the following is bolted to the front edge of the gate, near the a specification. lower edge thereof, the latter being connected The invention relates to improvements in to its lower end by a suitable pintle. The

gates; and it consists in the construction and joint is so constructed that the plate L cannovel combination of parts hereinafter deturn no farther upward on the plate is than to 60 scribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawa position at right angles thereto.

ings, and pointed out in the appended claims. L L are a vertical series of mortises made in in the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perthe inner side of the latching-post 0, each of spective view of a gate embodying my inveuwhich is adapted to receive the free end of the I 5 tion. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the plate 70' when the gate is raised to the corre- 6 gate raised. spending position. By means of the said hinge Referring to the drawings by letter, A desand mortises the gate, when raised, is preignates a gate, 13 being the hinge-post and O vented from swinging laterally. the latch-post thereof; and E are the rails of To release the plate It, the gate is raised snf the gate, the ends of which rails are respectficiently higher to withdraw the said plate 70 ively pivoted at the hinge end of the gate befrom the mortise. The plate will then fall tween the vertical bars F F and at the latch against the edge of the gate and not interfere end of the gate between the similar bars, G G. with the lowering thereof.

' f f are the hinges, and g is a latch of ordi- The gate by the described means can be nary construction. raised or opened readily and quickly for the 5 H is a rack-plate secured'to the second rail passage of animals, and, being of very simple of the gate, near the latch end thereof, and construction, cannot easily get out of repair. having the inclined rack-edge h on its upper By the detent and rack arrangement the edge. This rack-plate is formed from asingle height of the gate can be adjusted to allow the piece of material having the vertical portions passage of small animals only and bar the pas- 8o b c and the horizontal portion a, connecting sage of larger animals, as may be desired. the lower edge of the portion b and the upper In raising the gate one hand is placed thereedge of the portion 0. The vertical portion on near the hinged end to prevent the hinges c is secured to the side of the rail,the portionfrom disengaging, and the latch end of the 5 it rests on top of the rail, and the edge of the gate is raised with the other hand. 8 5

vertical portion b is inclined upward from the Having described my invention, I claimlatch end of the gate and provided with rack- 1. The combination of the end bars and teeth. pivoted connecting-rails, the plate H, having I is a pawl or detent pivoted at one end bethe portion a secured to the side of one of the 40 tween the end bars, G, and having its other rails, the portion a on the top of the rail, and end bifurcated, the arms of said bifurcation the portion 12, extending upward therefrom straddling the rack It, so that the teeth thereof having the inclined rack-edge h, stepped as engage in the notch '5 between the said arms. shown, the detent pivoted at one end between By means of said detent the front end of the the end bars and having its other end notched 5 gate can be raised and held at any desired and engaging the rack h, the hook or eye j, 5 height, the end bars, F and G, always stand and the cord j, connected to the detent and ing in vertical positions. To release the depassing through the said hook or eye, substantent from the rack and permit the gate to detially as set forth. scend, a cord, 3', having one end attached to 2. The combination, with the hinge post B,

50 said detent, is passed up over a loop or staple, the gate composed of the end bars, F G, and

rails E, pivoted at their respective ends to In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my said bars, and the hinge K, composed of the own Ihavehereto affixed my signature in presplates 70 7a, which hinge is secured to the bar ence of two witnesses. G in such manner that the plate It can turn 5 upward no farther than to a. position at right HENRY WALDO ALSHOUSE.

angles to the bar G, of the latching-post O, provided on its inner side with the vertical Witnesses: series of mortises L, adapted to receive the JOHN E. WALTERS, free end of the plate is when the gate is raised ANDREW ALsHOUsE.

[o to corresponding positions, as set forth. 

